Sarah Mills: Snowbirds' grounding is a chance for Liberal government to stand behind its words
We are told the Snowbirds will return. We are told that the plan is to get new planes quickly. Sarah Mills says now, the...
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Pakistani TV bans host of talk show after he criticized army
ISLAMABAD (AP) - A Pakistani television station Monday took a prominent journalist off air, removing him as host of a popular talk show after he criticized the country's powerful military, the journal...
May 31, 2021
Canada to receive 2.9M vaccine doses this week as Pfizer-BioNTech increase deliveries
OTTAWA - Canada is set to receive 2.9 million COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks in large part to an increase in planned deliveries from Pfizer and BioNTech. The two pharmaceutical companies had ...
May 31, 2021
Dems walk, stop Texas GOP's sweeping voting restrictions
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Democrats pulled off a dramatic, last-ditch walkout in the Texas House of Representatives on Sunday night to block one of the most restrictive voting laws in the U.S. from passing...
May 30, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on May 31, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday May 31, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 315,187 new vaccinations administered for a total of 23,471,446 ...
May 30, 2021
B.C. teacher says students could be triggered by residential school discovery
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A First Nations teacher says the discovery of the remains of 215 children buried at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia is a triggering event for students who ...
May 30, 2021
Survey show only 20 per cent of workers want to return to office full-time post-COVID
Canadians are in no rush to head back to the office even as COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline across the country, a new survey suggests. A recent poll by Leger and the Association for Cana...
May 30, 2021
Netanyahu rival seeks unity deal with his opponents
JERUSALEM (AP) - The head of a small hard-line party on Sunday said he would try to form a unity government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's opponents, taking a major step toward ending the 12...
May 30, 2021
Military's diversity, inclusion efforts plagued by shortcomings: internal review
OTTAWA - An internal Defence Department review completed last fall found significant problems and shortcomings in attempts to promote diversity and inclusion across the Canadian Armed Forces. Those pr...
May 30, 2021
Trudeau asks for lowered flags to honour dead residential schoolchildren
TORONTO - Flags on federal buildings will be lowered for the 215 children whose bodies were found at a former British Columbia residential school, the prime minister said Sunday as communities across ...
May 30, 2021
Religious leaders, artists honor George Floyd in concert
HOUSTON (AP) - Religious leaders, musical guests, spoken word artists and politicians gathered for a concert in Houston, the home town of George Floyd, to commemorate the anniversary of his death. Pas...
May 30, 2021
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Murray Wood: Is this the end of the Snowbirds, or just this era?
The federal government is promising Canada's famous aerobatic team will return, and don't governments always keep their ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, May 20
8:30 - The Snowbirds, as Canada has known them, are coming to an end. The federal government is calling this a moderniza...
